Umm Ruman

Umm Rumān
Umm Rumān
أم رومان
Personal
Born	Zaynab bint 'Amir ibn Uwaymir ibn 'Abd Shams ibn 'Attab al-Farasiyya al-Kinaniyya; زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية; Tihamah, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Died	c. 628 or 630 CE, 6 or 8 AH; Medina, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Resting place	Medina
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Al-Harith ibn Sakhbarah (until his death); Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (until her death);
Children	Tufayl ibn al-Harith; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr; ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr;
Parent	'Amir ibn Uwaymir (father);
Era	Early Islamic period
Known for	Female companion and mother-in-law of Muhammad; Mother of Aisha; Wife of Abu Bakr;
Relatives	Muhammad (son-in-law)

Zaynab bint ʿĀmir ibn ʿUwaymir ibn ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAttab al-Farasiyya al-Kinānīyya, known by her kunya "Umm Rumān" (Arabic: أمّ رومان زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية)[1] was a female companion of Muhammad. She was a wife of Abu Bakr and the mother of Aisha.[2][3]

Biography

Zaynab was the daughter of Amir ibn Uwaymir, a member of the Al-Harith ibn Ghanam clan of the Kinana tribe.[4] She married al-Ḥārith ibn Sakhbarah, who was from the Azd tribe, and they had one son, Ṭufayl.[5] The family moved to Mecca, where al-Harith[1] formed an alliance with Abu Bakr.[5] He was already married to Qutaylah bint ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā.

Shortly afterwards, Umm Ruman was widowed and left with no support. Abu Bakr then married her. They had two children: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and Aisha.[5]

Umm Ruman emigrated to Medina in 622, accompanied by Aisha and by her stepchildren Asma and Abd Allah.[4]

Ibn Sa'd states that Umm Ruman died in Medina in April/May 628.[5][6] However, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani places her death in 630. As she was being lowered into her grave, Muhammad said, "Anyone who wants to know what a houri looks like should look at Umm Ruman."[5]

References

"Companion's Tree". Quran search online. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
Talhami, Ghada (2012). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. pp. 632–634.
Stone, Caroline (1985). The Embroideries of North Africa. p. 76. ...and perhaps it should not be forgotten that Aisha, the favourite wife of Muhammad, whose name means 'The Living One', was (death 627) the daughter of Umm Ruman, 'The Mother of the Pomegranate'.
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors, pp. 171-172. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Muhammad ibn Saad, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. J by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, p. 193. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
Nāsikh al-tavārīkh : zindagānī-i Payāmbar vol:2, 1162 ISBN 9643311120

Bibliography

Great Women of Islam (Dar-us-Salam Publications)

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[renamed_from_1_on_20140409071435-1] "Companion's Tree". Quran search online. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[2] Talhami, Ghada (2012). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. pp. 632–634.

[3] Stone, Caroline (1985). The Embroideries of North Africa. p. 76. ...and perhaps it should not be forgotten that Aisha, the favourite wife of Muhammad, whose name means 'The Living One', was (death 627) the daughter of Umm Ruman, 'The Mother of the Pomegranate'.

[Tabari39-4] Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors, pp. 171-172. Albany: State University of New York Press.

[Saad8-5] Muhammad ibn Saad, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. J by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, p. 193. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.

[6] Nāsikh al-tavārīkh : zindagānī-i Payāmbar vol:2, 1162 ISBN 9643311120